Geolux Posted April 14, 2014 Share #1 Posted April 14, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have several small, well-made plastic boxes 2" x 1 3/4" x 3/8" and the attached lid of each has a snap closure tab. They are slightly opaque - almost milky in appearance. If they are anti-static, they would be great for holding memory cards. Is there any easy way to determine if they are anti-static? Geolux Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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giordano Posted April 14, 2014 Share #2 Posted April 14, 2014 Antistatic requires conductivity, and most conductive plastics are black (carbon content for the conductivity) rather than opaque. Make some tiny pieces of thin dry paper or tissue paper and put them on a dry wooden surface. Take one of your little boxes and rub the bottom and a corner vigorously with a clean silk scarf or handkerchief (or a clean dry cat). Hold the corner 2 or 3 millimeters above the scraps of paper. If the box attracts the paper, it is not antistatic. Or, borrow an electrician's insulation tester and measure the resistance between points on the inside and outside of the box, and between the box and the lid. The resistance should be high but not very high (at a guess, tens or hundreds of megohms but not thousands). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geolux Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted April 14, 2014 HI: I have no cat. Clean, dry or otherwise. However, I did get some static going and tried the paper routine. And the result is... not the slightest static attraction. So, it looks like I have a supply of anti-static boxes. Many thanks. It is appreciated. Geolux Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
algrove Posted April 15, 2014 Share #4 Posted April 15, 2014 HI: I have no cat. Clean, dry or otherwise. However, I did get some static going and tried the paper routine. And the result is... not the slightest static attraction. So, it looks like I have a supply of anti-static boxes. Many thanks. It is appreciated. Geolux So who makes them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geolux Posted April 17, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted April 17, 2014 Hello: I have no idea of the name of the manufacturer of the boxes. There is no name, number or trademark or any kind of identification anywhere on the boxes. Geolux Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceflynn Posted April 19, 2014 Share #6 Posted April 19, 2014 Gepe makes a product called the Gepe Card Safe Extreme that has an anti-static inner material. The cases meet the IPX-7 standard for being watertight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Barnack Posted April 29, 2014 Share #7 Posted April 29, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) What about one of these? EDEC Black Hole Faraday Bag | ISOTech Shielding System Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted April 29, 2014 Share #8 Posted April 29, 2014 Do we really need these? Never had any trouble with mine in the little plastic boxes, and download asap. Gery Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted May 3, 2014 Share #9 Posted May 3, 2014 Faraday bag or box Better than anything you will find. Keep in mind a card looses its charge, data, over time. They are not permanent storage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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